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Author: Justin Trimble

I know that's a big statement. Please give me a chance to back it up and then feel free to rip my logic to shreds. I'm going to state the problems first and then I'll outline the market conditions that lead me to this conclusion. Also, the article title is not not meant to be hyperbole and/or clickbait.
So what are the three problems?
Create a Head Mounted device (HMd) that will conveniently work with an unprecedented array of phone models and operating systems.
Implement a remote, ...

I'll be the first person to admit it's taking Sony Mobile way too long to release the SDK for their Xperia AR Effects and this speech isn't well prepared, but maybe it's Sony Mobile's leadership issues that will make this a profitable niche for people looking to get into Mixed Reality development. For some reason they've only created about 30 apps and yet they have millions of users and supposedly (if you watch the video) a lot of demand for more content. I'm curious why they haven't committed m...

Yes, that article title is exaggerated, but it got you to click and so here we are. There are going to be a lot of opportunities for VR/AR content creators and no one really knows which platform is going to be the most profitable yet. Moving on. First, what is Project Tango? It's a technology from Google that enables mobile devices to detect their position relative to the world around them with computer vision instead of using GPS or external signals. When a smart phone or tablet can tell where ...

Hello friends,
This is a quick post to let you know about a product I just heard of. The company Video Stitch is releasing a new camera for live VR video. The video is in 4k and if you sign up before April 30th it only costs $1,800. It's supposed to ship this summer and could be a really low risk way to start creating VR content. If you want to find out more information check out their website: https://www.orah.co.
-Justin

Goldman Sachs released a pretty comprehensive Market Analysis earlier this year (January 2016) covering general companies in AR/VR, projections for growth, and which industries will be impacted first. I'm not going to rehash the stuff they talked about in their report. You can read through it if you want. What I will do is expand on it here and give a few examples of some first-to-market industry specific ideas entrepreneurs could start to work on.
Lower End VR experiences, Augmented Reality,...

"Everyone" sees these "kids" in the news making billions with their new apps and "all" the focus is on who's going to create the next Uber, Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook. etc. But the thing is, there are only a few of those big winners. It's fine, even great, to go for big dreams and shoot for the moon if you're pursuing something that is truly your passion. But talent is not enough when it comes to building a billion dollar technology business. It also requires things that are outside of our co...

“Vision Summit is an all-new (March 2016) cross industry event for artists, engineers, programmers, designers, musicians, directors and producers, hardware manufacturers and researchers. It will be a unique event focused on furthering the knowledge base of anyone developing virtual and/or augmented reality content.”
For those of us who couldn't attend the first Vision Summit Conference here is a link to 50+ videos of the talks. The head of Playstation VR, the head of Unity, the head of Google...